SortStack #2715 — 2033-11-14

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A ladybird beetle 1 cm

   A single ladybird can eat 5,000 aphids in its lifetime, making it a gardener's favourite predator.

2. A small recreational sailboat 9.4 m

   Modern sails work like vertical wings, generating lift that lets boats sail faster than the wind itself.

3. A sperm whale 16 m

   Its head holds the largest brain of any animal that has ever lived, weighing about as much as a small person.

4. The RMS Titanic 269 m

   When launched she was the largest moving man-made object on Earth, longer than most city blocks of the day.

5. Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km

   The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.

6. The Millau Viaduct, France 2.5 km

   The tallest bridge in the world, its deck sometimes sits above the clouds that fill the valley below.

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